The Ayatollah is shaking his fist at the West too
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Iran set to devastate the west
Posted Feb 8, 2010 by ■ Michael Bearak
In delivering a speech to a gathering of air force personnel the cleric leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that
Iran is prepared to deliver a sober warning to the west.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday during a gathering of air force personnel that
on February 11th Iran was prepared to deliver a blow against the west that would be worse that September 11th. Khamenei was quoted as saying, "The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman, February 11, in a way that will leave them stunned."
The 22nd of Bahman or February 11th represents the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution where the Air Force helped over throw the U.S. backed shah government. The over throw of the shah government led to the raise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
This years recognition of the revolution may see uprisings between security forces and supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi in response to last year's re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mousavi and Karroubi's supporters believe that last June's election of Ahmadinejad was set-up so Ahmadinejad would get reelected.
There were anti-government rallies after the June 12th election of Ahmadinejad. Over the past eight months there have been numerous people imprisoned including journalists, politicians, and human rights activists.
Mousavi said that supporters should not be silent, that they should speak-up and be heard. He went on to say, "The clerics should know that since imprisonment, beatings, and other confrontational methods are done in the name of Islam and the Islamic regime, it is hurting Islam and we all should try to stop."
Recently, Iran has been increasing their enriched uranium and more recently the level of enrichment. Iran has contended that they are only trying to have enough uranium for their nuclear power plants. Still UN, European, and western groups believe that they are trying to enrich enough uranium to build a nuclear weapon.